>>11757827
Produce what everyone else is producing, but at more affordable prices to undercut everyone.

>>11757827
Stop cancelling every all the good figures they show off at tot fairs but end up not producing because playmates toys are cheap bastards

>>11757827
They need to have another big IP to get back in stores at the same level as when they had TMNT. What else is left? Just about all the big ones are gobbled up by other companies already.

>>11758261
>Stop cancelling every all the good figures they show off at tot fairs but end up not producing because playmates toys are cheap bastards
This is a retarded view of how the industry works. The expensive part is making the prototypes and designing the toys. The cheap part is manufacturing and distribution comparatively. Sitting on those molds is a waste of resources and largely only done because of a lack of sales because of how stores buy less product, especially towards the end of a line.

>>11757827
Save them? HA! Full resources on a Ben 10 classic continuity line and the rest of Power Players

>>11757827
I don't, I restructure tons of corporate debt from my other enterprises into it then bankrupt and shutter it.

>>11758292
I'd go for the licenses nobody else is prioritizing while making the most of Godzilla and Kong. They already sort of tried that with Voltron and MMPR. So just muscle in and take all of super7's business away while producing a superior but more affordable product. Put that hasbro deal to better use too. Even now people would go nuts for a mass market Micronauts reissue line akin to boss fight's MASK revival.

>>11758305
Can you imagine how much better those old jazwares CN, HB, and Nick lines would have been if handled by playmates?

>>11758353
no

>>11757827
do they make decent toys, because what I see looks like shit (MMPR, all Turtle garbage looks like Turtle garbage whether it's NECA or Playmates or McFarty McFarts).

>>11757827
bring back Exo Squad, Skeleton Warriors, and shoot for the AEW license after Jazwares drops it next year

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>>11758445
they're okay for the price, the sculpts are good, the articulation is baffling sometimes, jakks kicks their ass for the same price, they could optimize paint apps and make impressive figures, but they don't, not as bad as bandai only painting the front of the fig because that's all you can see before you buy it

>>11758303
You are completely wrong. Design and making a 3D printed prototype is the cheapest part. Production which includes the tooling (making the steel molds for injection molding) is the most expensive part. That's why many figures from many companies often don't make it past the prototype stage. Because beyond that point is where all the super expensive production costs come in.

>>11758352
I think this is a good strategy for them, but then they need to design things with collectors in mind if they go after those more collector focused properties. They are constantly designing everything like kids toys with shitty articulation. That is fine for MMPR and Godzilla where there are other collector options from other companies, but if they want to go after properties that collectors have no other options for, they need to do better

>>11758445
You sound like a complete retard

>>11759252
Yeah, you're a fucking cunt. You should work on that.

Actually innovate on toys.
Playmates is stuck in the '90s.

What upcoming things does Playmates have? Besides drip feeding a few Power Rangers things here and there plus another couple Godzilla figs is it just that stupid Dungeon Crawler line?

>>11757827
I don't care about action figures so I would pivot to mahjong sets. And mahjong variants. Maybe we can do some mahjong tiles in figure form as a treat for our friends on /toy/.

>>11758744
Then why has Playmates been doing this shit since the early 90s with stuff like Darkwing Duck and Toxic Crusaders and even today with stuff like the rollerskating mantis guy from Tales of TMNT and even Power Rangers with Squatt?

>>11760028
Can you read? Those are protos that never went to the steel tooling phase because that's the most expensive part. For whatever reason they decide to do other figures or waves if retailers don't order enough or decide they want something different

Here are some ideas;
-Go to comic conventions and search for struggling creators who have a somewhat marketable idea and ask for the toy rights a la TMNT
-Beg Toho for the full Godzilla license
-Given how Power Rangers is 99% dead without fresh Sentai material and Sentai is on life-support in Japan, beg Toei for the localization rights to Kamen Rider series
-Try to work something out with Bandai to make new Digimon toys even if it's only based on the shows

>>11760299
No, they need to make lines that end up at retail. Which means it needs to be stuff based on a brand with movies, tv shows, or games. That's the only way retail picks up any toy lines these days. But the issue is still that there just aren't many brands that are unspoken for right now.

Digimon has almost zero relevance today. Certainly near zero with kids. So that's a dead on arrival line.

>>11760516
>But the issue is still that there just aren't many brands that are unspoken for right now
Japan has no issue creating new toylines that sell well look at chiikawa, and everyone loves blokees. maybe the problem comes from making woke shit like steven universe

>>11757827
Lose them in the next hand of the game.

>>11760843
>Japan has no issue creating new toylines that sell well look at chiikawa
I had to look it up but it's based on a manga that got popular first, then it got an animated series.

>and everyone loves blokees
That's a Chinese company, not Japanese. All Blokees are based on super popular brands like Marvel, Transformers, Disney, Minions, etc. So how is this relevant to your argument?

Different sized companies in different markets are not comparable. Playmates' customer is the retailers. Very small companies can sell directly to consumers if that's how their business model is built and they can sustain it, but Playmates is absolutely not like that.

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>>11760854
>Different sized companies in different markets are not comparable. Playmates' customer is the retailers.
Oh right america is a nation of retards that worship brands and have to buy whatever slop is available locally

>>11760856
it's just how the toy industry works in most of the world. it's not all about boo stupid americans or woke shit.

>>11760299
I wonder if Playmates would find any success with Aliens and Predator.

>>11757827
>Get Invincible license
>Make good 6 inch Invincible line by copying the Chinese and Japanese's toy designs
>Profit
It's really just that easy.